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offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
Socratic Dialog Between ChatGPT-5 and Mind Agent Reveals Fatal and Deliberate 'Design by Construction' Flaw
This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!

This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".

According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.

People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Evaluating Semantic Reasoning Capability of AI Chatbot on Ontologically Deep Abstract (bias neutral) Thought
I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.

offsite link Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza

Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support

With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza

offsite link China?s CITY WIDE CASH SEIZURES Begin ? ATMs Frozen, Digital Yuan FORCED Overnight Wed Jul 30, 2025 21:40 | 1 of indy
This story is unverified but it is very instructive of what will happen when cash is removed
THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty

A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.

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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc

offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 19:30 | Calli Morganite

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 09:04 | Mind Agent

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 21:00 | Mind Agent

offsite link Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Sat Aug 02, 2025 00:54 | 1 of indy

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offsite link The Proportional Representation Lobby Thu Oct 30, 2025 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
The movement for Proportional Representation is gathering pace, with Reform signalling support. But most advocates are very much on the Left, says Charlotte Gill. Will Reform help the radical Left achieve its goal?
The post The Proportional Representation Lobby appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Thu Oct 30, 2025 00:29 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sex Assault Hotel Migrant Released From Prison by Mistake was Paid ?500 to Leave UK Wed Oct 29, 2025 20:00 | Will Jones
The migrant sex criminal who offended while staying at Epping's Bell Hotel and who was wrongly released from prison has been handed ?500 in taxpayers' money to leave Britain.
The post Sex Assault Hotel Migrant Released From Prison by Mistake was Paid ?500 to Leave UK appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Revenge of the White Van Man Wed Oct 29, 2025 17:43 | Clive Pinder
From Buenos Aires to Bologna to Basingstoke, the working class is taking back democracy from the professional class that ruined it, says Clive Pinder. It's the revenge of the white van man.
The post The Revenge of the White Van Man appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Government Cracks Down on Four-Day-Week Council After Services Slump Wed Oct 29, 2025 15:41 | Will Jones
The Government has written to the first council in the country to institute a four-day working week to express its "deep disappointment" following reports of a sharp deterioration in services.
The post Government Cracks Down on Four-Day-Week Council After Services Slump appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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dublin / environment / other press Sunday July 15, 2007 20:49 by Attack Media   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 15, 2007 22:14)   image 1 image
On Friday 13th of July the Corrib gas project to build an onland refinery, led by Shell, had a unprecidented unlucky day. Two members of the Shell To Sea campaign locked on to a van parked across the only access road to the Bellanaboy refinery site, stopping work for over 5hours. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Sunday July 15, 2007 19:08 by greendublin2007
Green Leadership Candidate sets out her stall for leadership in YouTube video read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday July 15, 2007 13:33 by John Cornford   text 11 comments (last - friday july 20, 2007 16:26)
An allegation of disgraceful behaviour has been made against a leading member of the English SWP. To clarify what actually occurred n indepebndent investigation will be required. Here is an extract of an article from the Weekly Worker, 12 July 2007.

This year’s Marxism was marred by a disgraceful physical assault by SWP national organiser Martin Smith. On July 7, the second full day of Marxism, Socialist Workers Party national organiser Martin Smith physically assaulted comrade Simon, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Tower Hamlets branch of Respect.

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national / environment / other press Sunday July 15, 2007 01:37 by EU Watch   text 3 comments (last - sunday july 15, 2007 16:42)
This may be the biggest story published in the newspapers this year.... is anyone paying attention??

(Copy of Sunday Business Post article from SaveTara.Com)

Direct weblink: http://www.savetara.com/articles/2007/070807_ndp.html read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Thursday July 12, 2007 19:19 by M Cotton & D Manning, MediaBite   text 3 comments (last - wednesday july 18, 2007 02:44)
Why is the IT ignoring the fact that Iran's nuclear enrichment activity is entirely legal? read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Thursday July 12, 2007 00:32 by John Mc Anulty
Andrew Johnson

Prior to the recent Dail election, the one constant prediction had been of very large gains for Sinn Fein. In the event, the party made a modest gain in its vote share, from 6.5% to 6.9%, a credible gain in absolute votes from 120,000 to 140,000, but failed to win any new seats and suffered the high-profile loss of Sean Crowe in Dublin South-West. read full story / add a comment
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limerick / environment / other press Wednesday July 11, 2007 18:38 by Limerick Socialist Youth   image 3 images   2 attached files
According to a recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency Limerick will be flooded within 50 years (if not sooner) due to rising sea levels resulting from climate change.

In response to this Socialist Youth have been out on the streets of Limerick recently, demanding immediate action to stop climate change. read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday July 11, 2007 03:41 by arpiai   text 18 comments (last - thursday july 19, 2007 11:49)   image 3 images
Leading Iranian trade unionist Mansour Osanloo kidnapped. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday July 10, 2007 23:35 by Brian Wardlow
Video Discussion about Irish Republican issues censored, ignored, or misrepresented by the mainstrem media. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday July 10, 2007 15:30 by io   text 8 comments (last - sunday november 04, 2007 14:38)
We don't know at what stage the branch davidian group of fundamentalist christians of mount Carmel in Waco, Texas crossed the line of extremism. Most people don't remember what the suspected crime was which brought the US federal agencies complete with tanks and psychological weaponry to lay seige to the compound & demand its leader David Koresh to surrender. Was the illegal fully automatic weapons which neighbours professed to hear or the rumours that Koresh had taken unto him as wives all the females (some barely adolescent) in the compound to mother his children? Few will tell you that the Oklahoma bombing of a Federal social security office by Timothy Veigh & others as revenge for the Waco massacre was first atttributed to Islamic fundamentalists. We now know the FBI regretted the crises as soon as the charred remains of the children were brought out of the rubble. Musharraf's attack on the Lal Masjid or Red Mosque of Islamabad is comparable. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday July 09, 2007 15:47 by Mediahead   text 16 comments (last - saturday july 14, 2007 15:03)   image 2 images
http://www.ireland.com/head2head/yes.html.
Nice little row brewing on the Irish Times web-site if anyone wants to contribute or voice
opinion on women's reproductive rights. pro-choice are taking a bashing, which is a pity.
Apparently women are not contributing to the debate. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday July 09, 2007 15:33 by nologo   image 1 image
80 minutes video about the resistance against the g8 summit 2007 in germany/rostock-heiligendamm. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Sunday July 08, 2007 14:16 by Channel4   text 3 comments (last - monday july 16, 2007 18:35)   image 1 image
A story on shell polluting Carrowmore lake has been removed from the channel 4 website read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday July 08, 2007 09:39 by peptide
The mainstream press is full of stories but for ONE BIG exception; a FAILURE the proportions of which promise to sear the pages of history. The criminal intervention and the consequent holocaust and humanitarian disaster that is Western Interventionist Iraq! The media is at pains to avoid this story for obvious reasons -- it participated in the original ruse and deception upon which a full-scale military invasion was launched. The list of war criminals includes the name of Rupert Murdoch as he clearly carries equal responsibility with Bush, Cheney, Blair, Howard and the conservative forces that support them. War crimes arrests must therefore extend to Murdoch and other responsible parties – Murdoch is damned by his own words, delivered in numerous speeches and addresses to fellow conservative criminals. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday July 07, 2007 13:59 by Ronoc   text 2 comments (last - saturday august 25, 2007 13:26)
If Queen Elizabeth I had lived in the 20th Century. she would have been viewed with the same horror as Hitler and Stalin. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Friday July 06, 2007 10:06 by Cotton & Manning   text 1 comment (last - friday july 06, 2007 10:13)
Robert Jensen explores a problem encountered by journalists when they challenge the orthodox perspective. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday July 06, 2007 00:07 by John Meehan   text 4 comments (last - saturday july 07, 2007 00:20)
At what point in time did the leadership of the Republican Movement decide to go for an internal settlement in Northern Ireland? Documentary Evidence supplied by Ed Moloney suggests the date was 1987 :

http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_times/arts2007/j...y.php read full story / add a comment
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national / history and heritage / other press Thursday July 05, 2007 23:40 by IrishRepublican.net   text 2 comments (last - friday july 06, 2007 15:02)   image 2 images
IrishRepublican.net has stepped into the spotlight again. We believe, as republicans, that music plays a vital role in our struggle. Each song tells a story, of an ambush, a republican martyr, or a famous event that has passed us by. We have taken to this belief, and established an online radio station, Irish Republican Radio. Irish Republican Radio currently has several DJ's, and we broadcast 24/7, bringing you songs of struggle, songs of history and martyrs and the odd bit of Ceili. We hope you enjoy the Radio, as well as learn something from it. We also operate a requests system so that we play what you want!

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Guarding the refinery site earlier this year.
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday July 05, 2007 12:26 by W P Reader   image 1 image
The Corrib scheme has been criticised for being planned as a series of interlinked parts, each one split between different areas of the State's bureaucracy, with no one seeing the whole jigsaw, nobody in charge assessing the full impact of the refinery, different parts of the onshore pipeline, the offshore pipeline, the offshore rig etc.

This device is called "project splitting', and is supposed to be illegal under European Union planning law.

Now it seems, we can begin to see the Corrib scheme as itself a part of a greater whole, with more refineries planned for the Bellanaboy bridge site, and more onshore pipelines criss-crossing the landscape, as this article from the Western People shows.

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Big Business = Big Polluters
limerick / environment / other press Wednesday July 04, 2007 16:50 by Limerick Socialist Youth   text 4 comments (last - wednesday july 04, 2007 23:38)   image 3 images   2 attached files
Cimate Change Means...
- 11 of the last 12 years were record breakingly warm
- The number of hurricanes has doubled in the 30 years
- The arctic ocean will be ice-free in summer by 2050
- Ireland's carbon emissions have increased by 25 in 15 years% and transport emmissions by 140%
- Limerick will be permanently fooded in 50 years unless climate change is halted (EPA Report 2007) read full story / add a comment
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